The Creative Existentialist

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Book 5: HOW TO BE A GOOD EXISTENTIALIST (Short Story Collection Available Now!)_TCB#116

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Existentialists solve the problem of meaning. We need a meaning. I highlight 3 Great Existentialists who've helped me find more meaning, and pair them with short stories to help illustrate insights.

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Nick Sherman
Aug 18, 2023
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1.The new book is out, and it’s full of meaning—because that’s what a Good Existentialist does.

Good Existentialists help you find more meaning.

Meaning can improve your life in measurable ways.

If it’s an arbitrary meaning, it will change nothing. I can’t just say that the meaning of life is 82 (Eureka!) and that be helpful. That doesn’t make any sense…

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